"In 2014, two artists and information designers decided to visualize a week of their lives and mail the results by postcard to each other. I’m having my students do the same thing on a smaller scale."

St. Mary’s Academy has been named one of the finalists for the 2024 Yass Prize, in partnership with The Center for Education Reform (CER) and Forbes Media.

One of the unmitigated joys of Natalie Jayroe’s job as president and CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana is witnessing how the challenge of fighting hunger in America seems to defy the partisan ping-pong that besets most other political issues.

Reputed to be one of the state’s most efficient group of sports officials by the LHSAA, the Greater New Orleans Football Officials Association (GNOFOA) is running short of men and women who enforce the rules of the game.

The Women of Saints Martha and Mary Ministry at St. Dominic Parish hosted its first-ever Women’s Summit on Sept. 14, entitled “Harmony of Hearts.”

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Fourteen years after its initial vision in 2010, Loyola University New Orleans’ Chapel of St. Ignatius and the Gayle & Tom Benson Jesuit Center has come to fruition.

Pope Francis publicly thanked God for allowing him “to do as an old pope what I would have liked to do as a young Jesuit...”

The owner of the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans, who has donated millions of dollars to Catholic and other charitable causes, will be honored Oct. 3 for her generosity to the Catholic community and beyond as the recipient of the St. John Paul II Award at the annual gala of the Catholic Community Foundation of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

"There are many other life issues that neither presidential candidate has addressed in a way that is compatible with the Gospel and Catholic social teaching." - Tony Magliano

The late Dominican Father Val McInnes would have loved the cozy, purposely understated, four-day meeting in New Orleans last week of some of North America’s most avid patrons of sacred art.

"In the blink of an eye, my entire world changed."

The Archdiocese of New Orleans pledged Sept. 13 to contribute $62.5 million plus additional real estate and insurance proceeds toward the resolution of hundreds of sexual abuse claims against priests, deacons, religious and laity who worked for the church over the past several decades.

The Academy of Our Lady (AOL) in Marrero was invited to play a flag football scrimmage against Sophie B. Wright School from New Orleans during halftime of the Saints’ final preseason game against the Tennessee Titans in the Superdome on Aug. 25.

For the past decade, Louisiana Division I high school volleyball has been dominated by just two schools: Dominican and Mount Carmel of District 8-I.

Nothing helps steady back-to-school jitters more than a blessing from a parish priest or deacon during the first week of classes.

Over the years, high school band director Michael Orkus noticed that not many middle schools offered band programs. He thought middle school students could benefit from a band program that was available across the archdiocese.

For the last five years, the Louisiana Children’s Museum has carved an imposing niche amid the moss-covered oaks, towering magnolias and peaceful lagoons of City Park after having resided for more than 30 years on Julia Street in New Orleans.

Those who have seen Charles Barkley on television realize the loquacious NBA Hall of Famer seldom is at a loss for words.